Attributes

Specifies the name of the class that parses the section and stores the key/value pairs that describe browser capabilities.

The default in the .NET Framework version 2.0 is "T:System.Web.Mobile.MobileCapabilities, System.Web.Mobile, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a".

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

configuration

Specifies the required root element in every configuration file that is used by the common language runtime and the .NET Framework applications.

system.web

Specifies the root element for the ASP.NET configuration settings in a configuration file and contains configuration elements that configure ASP.NET Web applications and control how the applications behave.

browserCaps

Specifies the settings of supported browsers and the capabilities for the browsers. This element can be updated as required to specify new browsers and capabilities.

The result element specifies the class that is derived from the HttpCapabilitiesBase class that is used to hold the results from parsing the browserCaps section. The capabilities are stored as key/value string pairs for each browser.

At run time, one instance of the HttpCapabilitiesBase-derived class is created per application and stored in the Browsers property.

In the .NET Framework version 1.1, the following default result element is configured in the Machine.config file. Updates to the browser data are provided by companies such as cyScape, Inc. and available through their Web sites. Periodic device updates replace this browser capabilities section.

In the .NET Framework version 1.0, the following default result element is configured in the Machine.config file. Updates to the browser data are provided by companies such as cyScape, Inc. and available through their Web sites. Periodic device updates replace this browser capabilities section.